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J. MEYER.

DEVICE TO PREVENT HORSES PROM ORIBBING. No. 417,878. Patented Dec.24,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JACQUES MEYER, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

DEVICE TO PREVENT HORSES FROM CRIBBING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,878, dated December24, 1889. Application filed July 10, 1889. Serial No. 317,085. (Nomodel.) Patented in France May 26, 1887, No. 180,838-

To aZZ whom it may cOnceWt:

Be it known that I, JACQUES MEYER, of Paris, France, have invented a newand Improved Device for Preventing Horses from Cribbing, (for which Ihave received Letters Patent of the Republic of France, dated May 20,1887, No. 180,838,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which will preventhorses from cribbing; and to the end named the invention consists,essentially, of an expansible yoke that is formed with bearing-faces, astrap arranged for connection with the yoke ends,

and a means for connecting the strap with the head-piece of a halter,all as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the vlews. I

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved device for preventing horses fromcribbing.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view ofa portion of the yoke, parts being broken away; and Fig. 4 is a View ofthe strap by which the yoke ends are connected.

In the drawings, 10 represents a yoke formed with bearing-faces a, andpreferably made of vulcanized rubber, the yoke-section at the pointmarked 1) being soft and yielding, the other section, of the yoke beingrigid. To the outer faces of the yoke ends I secure buckles 11, andthese buckles are engaged by the ends of astrap 12,which said strapcarries a flap or leaf 13, formed with apertures 0, through which thehead-piece of the halter is passed.

WVithin the yoke 10, I arrange metallic straps 15 and 15, which meetjust beneath the point 6, and near the ends of these straps 15 and 15, Iform apertures adapted to receive rings 16, there being as many of theserings 16 as may be deemed desirable.

The apparatus above described is applied by placing the yoke beneath theneck of the horse, the yoke resting against that portion of the neckthat is generally borne upon by the throat-latch, the apparatus beingheld in place by the head-strap of the halter, which head-strap ispassed through the apertures c of the flap or leaf 13. Then when thehorse throws his head forward the strap 12 will be drawn upon, and theyoke will bend to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, thusbringing considerable pressure to bear upon the wind-pipe and causingthe horse to raise his head, as will be readily understood.

Any proper flexible connection between the yoke-horns might be employed;but in prac-' tice I prefer that the yoke-horns should be so vulcanizedthat they will be practically rigid, While the vulcanization of theyoke-section adjacent to the point 19 will be such that that sectionwill be yielding.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a yoke 10, the horns ofwhich are of hard rubber and provided with the bearing-faces a,.and theflexible portion 1?, of soft rubber, connecting the horns, of a strapconnected to the free ends of the horns, as and forthe purposedescribed.

2. The combination, with a yoke proper, of metallic straps embeddedtherein, formed with apertured ends, rings which pass through theapertures formed in the metallic straps, and a strap by which the yokeends are connected, substantially as shown and described.

JACQUES MEYER.

WVitnesses:

R. J. PRESTON, E. P. MAOLEAN.

